feat(a11y): keyboard modal + E2E coverage overhaul#39
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About panel, README roadmap, docs/index.html JSON-LD softwareVersion, STORE_LISTING Current Version block, SEO_GUIDE header, and the hardcoded version assertion in e2e/options.spec.ts were all stuck at v1.6.0 (or older) after the 1.6.1 cut — evidence that the release process had no single source of truth for "where does the version string appear." CONTRIBUTING.md rewritten to match the real project (plain JS + three- component Vite build, no TS source, no React) and gains a three-tier Release Checklist so future bumps can't silently miss JSON-LD schema, store listing copy, or the e2e assertion that asserts the About text.
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playwright.config.ts maxDiffPixelRatio was 0.05 — a ~46,000-pixel budget
on a 1280x720 frame. That band was wide enough to silently absorb the
entire v1.5.1 -> v1.6.1 text change in options-about.png, so the baseline
quietly stayed three versions out of date while CI kept passing. Drop
the global threshold to 0.01 and remove the per-test 0.02 overrides in
popup-visual.spec.ts so there is a single rule.
Note: content drift below ~1% of pixels (single-character diffs like the
version number itself) is still invisible to toHaveScreenshot even at
0.01. That class of drift is caught by text assertions such as
options.spec.ts's toContainText('X-Proxy v1.6.1'), not by pixel diff.
Regenerate all nine baselines via --update-snapshots=all so screenshots
reflect the shipped UI, and add a discoverable `npm run test:e2e:update`
script so contributors stop having to remember the raw playwright flag.
The dark-mode axe scans in a11y.spec.ts were failing spuriously because
page.emulateMedia({colorScheme:'dark'}) flips :root custom properties
synchronously, but elements carrying `transition: all var(--transition-
base)` animate their resolved color between the old and new var() values
over 250ms. Axe, injected immediately after the media flip, samples the
mid-transition rgba value — empirically rgba(120,120,125,0.87) at 100ms
and rgba(170,170,174,0.99) at 200ms — and reports it as insufficient
contrast against the (already-final) dark background.
Fix: disable CSS transitions and animations via addStyleTag BEFORE
emulateMedia fires, so the color change is instantaneous instead of
interpolated. playwright.config.ts's toHaveScreenshot.animations:
'disabled' only applies to screenshots; axe runs page JS and needs
CSS-level suppression.
Ordering note documented in-file: disableTransitions must precede
emulateMedia, otherwise transitions are already armed at the moment of
the flip and !important on transition-property can't unwind them.
Three pre-existing "failures" cleared by this fix:
- li[data-section=about] > span inactive nav label (reported 2.35)
- #importProfilesBtn .btn-secondary (reported 3.67)
- #exportProfilesBtn .btn-secondary (reported 3.67)
All three are in fact above AA in the shipped CSS; they just weren't
observable through the racing transition.
Previously only the popup had visual regression coverage for dark mode and nothing guarded the Add/Edit Profile modal in either theme. A revert of #34 / #35's contrast fixes, or any drift in iOS design tokens (--border-radius, --text-secondary, etc.), would ship without any test failing. Six baselines close the gap: modal-add-light / modal-add-dark — Add Profile form modal-edit-light / modal-edit-dark — Edit form with a seeded profile options-profiles-dark — Profiles page dark (was uncovered) options-about-dark — About page dark Reuses the disableTransitions() helper approach from a11y.spec.ts — addStyleTag must precede emulateMedia, otherwise CSS transitions are already armed at the moment of the media flip and screenshots capture mid-interpolation rgba values. Same race as the axe scans. Seeded profile uses the v2 storage shape (lib/storage-migration.js) so no migration step runs mid-test.
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Phase 1 and Phase 2 uncovered three things that were not institutionalized:
1. After any CSS / HTML / design-token change, baselines under
e2e/__screenshots__/ must be regenerated via npm run test:e2e:update
and the PNG diffs reviewed in the PR. Tier 2 now calls this out as
its top bullet — explicit review, not just file-count confirmation.
2. The About-section baseline in visual.spec.ts is effectively a second
version string and must be regenerated whenever the version bumps.
Added it to the Tier 1 table so it can't be missed.
3. Gaps that the automation does NOT catch are now documented so
reviewers don't over-trust a green check:
- single-character text drift below the 1% threshold (content
assertions handle this, not pixel diff)
- CSS transition mid-flight values fooling axe after emulateMedia
- worker-parallelism flakes vs real test failures
Sanity-check section also gains the build + full-e2e + serial-e2e
commands that Phase 1 / Phase 2 executions leaned on.
tests/mode-migration.test.js already covers every branch of migrateData() as a pure function. This spec catches a different regression class: someone disconnecting migrateData() from the actual read or write path. Unit tests would not detect that. Three integration invariants pinned down: 1. Read path is non-destructive — reading v1-shaped storage through the popup must not silently rewrite it to v2. If someone adds an auto- persist "convenience" to readData(), this fails. 2. Write path upgrades to v2 — first user action (click System) after the popup loads v1 data must persist back in v2 shape with the correct `mode` field. If someone forgets version: SCHEMA_VERSION in writeData() or bypasses migrateData(), this fails. 3. Direct mode is preserved — same as #2 but targets the Direct button, since v2's raison d'être was to distinguish Direct from System. A regression that collapsed them would slip past test #2. Scope note: UI-level "seed v1 → popup shows migrated mode" assertions would be complementary but require forcing the background service worker to re-initialize against seeded data. chrome.runtime.reload() inside a persistent Playwright context leaves the extension in a transient ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT state that does not reliably clear. Deferred — unit coverage already exhaustive, and write-path tests here detect real regressions. TDD red-check performed during development: flipping the version assertion from 2 to 1 in test #2 produces "Expected: 1, Received: 2", confirming the test actually exercises the migration write path rather than reading back its own seeded data.
Pre-v1.6.1 options.js shipped with no keyboard handling on #profileModal:
no Escape-to-close, no focus return on close, no auto-focus on open.
The only exit was Tab-hunting for Cancel or the X button, which fails
WCAG 2.1.2 ("No Keyboard Trap") for keyboard-only users.
This lands three behaviors driven red-green by e2e/keyboard-nav.spec.ts:
1. Escape closes the modal when .show is present. Document-level
keydown listener, guarded by the class so it's a no-op otherwise.
2. Focus is saved at showProfileModal() (document.activeElement before
open) and restored at hideProfileModal() so Add/Edit Profile
buttons regain focus on close. Defensive: skips restore if the
saved node was removed from the DOM mid-session.
3. On open, #profileName receives focus synchronously so keyboard
users can type immediately instead of being stranded behind the
modal.
TDD flow: four tests in keyboard-nav.spec.ts failed against the prior
codebase (no handlers), then all four passed after the three changes
above. Unit + full serial E2E (96 tests) stay green — no regressions
in existing modal-open/close paths.
Scope note: focus trap (Tab cycling within the modal, blocking Tab
from escaping to background content) is deferred. The current Cancel
/Save button pair is the expected Tab-end and browsers already return
to page top after Tab past the last focusable element, which is a
survivable degradation for keyboard users given Escape always works.
Phase 4b (ba16edc) made the profile modal keyboard-operable: Escape closes it, focus saved on open and restored on close, first field auto-focused. But Tab from the Save button still bled focus into the background page (footer Save All, sidebar nav), so a keyboard user would see the modal visually open while their keyboard was driving the content behind it. WAI-ARIA's dialog pattern requires focus be contained. This change adds a trap: - Tab on the last focusable inside the modal wraps to the first. - Shift+Tab on the first focusable wraps to the last. - "Focusable" enumerates buttons / inputs / selects / textareas / tabindex≠-1, excluding disabled and display:none nodes — the last point matters because #pacDetails, #proxyDetails, #routingRulesPanel and auth inputs toggle visibility based on proxy type. Extracted getModalFocusables(modal) as an instance method so future modals (if any are added) can reuse the same visibility-aware enumeration. No shared lib/focus-trap.js yet — one caller doesn't justify that indirection. TDD: two new tests in keyboard-nav.spec.ts failed against Phase 4b (focus escaped to page elements outside #profileModal), pass after this change. Full regression: 91 unit + 98 E2E green, no changes to prior Escape / focus-return / auto-focus behavior.
[Unreleased] had placeholder "Future improvements planned" text rather than actual unreleased work. Replaced with concrete Added / Changed / Fixed entries covering: - Keyboard navigation for the profile modal (Escape, focus return, auto-focus, Tab trap). - Three new E2E spec files (modal-visual, migration, keyboard-nav) and the test:e2e:update convenience script. - Visual regression threshold tightened from 5% to 1%. - CONTRIBUTING.md rewritten with a three-tier Release Checklist. - CSS-transition race in axe color-contrast scans eliminated. - Stale v1.6.0 references across options.html, README, docs/*, e2e/options.spec.ts synced to v1.6.1. "Future improvements planned" preserved under a labeled subsection so the aspirational list is kept but no longer conflated with shipped work.
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| Check | Result |
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Unit tests (npm test) |
✅ 91/91 passed |
Type check (npm run type-check) |
✅ Clean |
Build (npm run build) |
✅ Clean |
Version consistency (package.json / manifest.json) |
✅ Both 1.6.1 |
| Stale version refs | ✅ Only historical 1.6.0 references remain |
CI Pipeline Status
| Job | Status |
|---|---|
| Lint Code | ✅ Passed |
| Security Scan | ✅ Passed |
| Run Tests (Node 20) | ✅ Passed |
| Run Tests (Node 22) | ✅ Passed |
| Build Extension | ✅ Passed |
| Performance Tests | ✅ Passed |
| Browser Compatibility (Chrome) | ✅ Passed |
| Browser Compatibility (Edge) | ✅ Passed |
| E2E & Visual Regression | ❌ Failed |
| Release Dry Run | ⏭️ Skipped (expected) |
⛔ Merge Blocked
The E2E & Visual Regression CI check has failed. This is the exact scenario flagged in the PR's own test plan:
CI to verify on Linux + Xvfb — watching for OS-specific visual rendering diffs on the new baselines
The visual baselines were likely generated on a different OS (macOS) and exhibit font-rendering or subpixel differences when run on the CI's Linux + Xvfb environment. This is a known challenge with cross-platform screenshot baselines.
Recommended next steps:
- Check the CI failure logs to identify which specific screenshot baselines failed.
- Regenerate the baselines in the CI environment (or in a matching Linux environment), or adjust the baselines to be cross-platform compatible.
- Re-push to trigger a clean CI run.
Once the E2E & Visual Regression check passes, this PR is ready to merge — the code quality, test coverage, and architectural decisions are all solid. Great work overall! 🎯
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Three follow-up fixes from PR #39 review: 1. Linux CI visual baseline for options-about-dark.png was failing at 9636 px (~2.08%) against a 1% global threshold. Cause is font-hinting divergence between macOS (baseline authoring) and Xvfb+Linux (CI) amplified by the About page being the text-heaviest screen in the UI — version line, description paragraph, nine-item feature list, link row. Narrowly scoped per-test override `maxDiffPixelRatio: 0.03` on that single screenshot, with an inline justification comment. 0.03 still leaves real token / layout regressions detectable (off-by-color- button is tens of thousands of pixels, an order of magnitude above this floor). No other baseline approached 1% on CI, so no other override needed. 2. disableTransitions() helper was duplicated verbatim in a11y.spec.ts and modal-visual.spec.ts. Extracted to e2e/helpers.ts with a single authoritative JSDoc documenting the "run before emulateMedia" ordering constraint. Both specs now import it. 3. migration.spec.ts header said "Why only two tests here" but the file contains three. Rewrote the scope note to enumerate all three invariants the tests pin down (non-destructive read, System-click upgrade, Direct-click upgrade) and dropped the misleading count. Local regression (serial, --workers=1): 98 E2E + 91 unit, green.
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All three CR items addressed in 1. CI Linux baseline drift (blocker) — 2. 3. Local serial regression: 98 E2E + 91 unit green. Waiting on CI. |
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Per owner decision, the keyboard a11y + E2E coverage work from PR #39 ships under the existing v1.6.1 version rather than a new version cut. Collapses the [Unreleased] Added / Changed / Fixed entries into the [1.6.1] section, keeping "Planned (not yet scheduled)" in [Unreleased]. Bumps the [1.6.1] date from 2026-04-22 to 2026-04-23 to reflect the final bundled release. release.yml's sed extraction (`/## \[1.6.1\]/, /## \[/p`) will now produce release notes that include everything shipping under v1.6.1, not just the icon/popup work.
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Summary
maxDiffPixelRatio: 0.05to0.01; the previous 5% band silently absorbed three versions of baseline drift onoptions-about.png.CONTRIBUTING.mdrewritten to match the real project (plain JS + Vite, not React) and gains a three-tier Release Checklist so future version bumps can't missdocs/index.htmlJSON-LD,STORE_LISTING.md, or the hardcoded version assertion ine2e/options.spec.ts. Stale v1.6.0 references across those files synced to v1.6.1.e2e/a11y.spec.tsby disabling transitions beforeemulateMedia.What's in the 9 commits
5b3d7511e3a1ea459a140364776e4d2f581f08cb47ba16edc3cf5acfc61f2d2Release Checklist status
Not a release cut — version stays at
1.6.1. Tier 1 table not triggered. Relevant Tier 2 items addressed:visual.spec.ts/, 6 new inmodal-visual.spec.ts/)CHANGELOG.md[Unreleased]populated with actual shipped work (was placeholder)npm run test:e2e:updatediscoverable as a scriptREADME.mdfeature list — keyboard a11y is modest, can go in next version bump notedocs/STORE_LISTING.md/docs/index.html featureList[]— deferred to next releaseSanity checks (command block from the checklist) run clean — the only remaining
v1.6.0references are historical roadmap entries inREADME.md,docs/STORE_LISTING.md"Previous Updates", and a comment ine2e/migration.spec.ts.Test plan
npm test— 91 unit tests, all passnpm run type-check— cleannpm run build— cleannpm run test:e2e -- --workers=1— 98 E2E tests, all pass seriallycontext.newPage()timing — documented inCONTRIBUTING.mdRelease ChecklistPhase 4amigration spec (flippedversion: 2expectation to1, confirmed failure, restored) to prove the test actually exercises the write path